So bright is the glow of Jon Jones’ star that he’s on the tip of the tongue for an event where he’s not even fighting.

Two days after Jones dominated Quinton Jackson at UFC 135, the main draws of UFC on Versus 6 were asked to weigh in on the UFC light-heavyweight champion’s long-term prospects. The consensus is that Jones is impressive.

Not much of a surprise there, but the decision on whether he’s beatable is not unanimous.

Demetrious Johnson, who meets bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz in Saturday’s UFC on Versus 6 headliner, is of the opinion that Jones will be around for a long time.

“I think it’s his time now,” he said. “I think it’s his era. He’s always very humble, and I think it’s very hard to beat somebody like that who always shows up.

“Anderson (Silva), Jones and Jose Aldo, when they get in the ring, they’re trying to kill you. They don’t care what it takes; they’re going to finish you. And those guys, they’re just in that era when they’re unbeatable.”

UFC on Versus 6 takes place at Washington, D.C.’s Verizon Center, and main-card action airs live on Versus.

Johnson’s opponent on Saturday is not necessarily in that camp.

“The person who’s going to beat Jones, in my opinion, is the person that has great striking fundamentals in the sense of defense,” Cruz said. “I think you’ve got to be able to pressure him with hands, and have the fundamentals of closing the distance because of his use of reach so much.

“You’ve got to know how to fight like a short fighter, like (Mike) Tyson’s style, where he knew how to get past people’s jab (and) get past people’s reach. But you also have to have kickboxing fundamentals and check kicks and be ready for the push-kicks he throws. And you’ve got to have that wrestling aspect.

The only way to beat Jones, in my opinion, is to put him on his back. If you don’t put that guy on his back, he gets a good rhythym and comfort on his feet. He uses his range so well that you can’t really keep him off balance. So you’ve got to be able to get those takedowns to get his rhythm off and tire him about a little bit.”

Heavyweight Pat Barry, a former K-1 kickboxer who meets Stefan Struve in Saturday’s co-main draw, pondered how the 205-pound champ would take a good shot to the chin, as many have since his emergence as a phenom. So far, it’s a question that’s gone unanswered.

But more than that, Barry said the guy who dethrones the champ is the one who ignores the hype that’s built to a fever pitch since Jones throttled Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 128 to take the belt.

“Jon Jones has the Mike Tyson effect,” Barry said. “Same thing as Anderson Silva. Both of those guys are going to lose eventually. It has to happen. Everybody’s got to lose. But what has to happen is that somebody has to get in the ring (who’s) not afraid of him.

“[In] his last few fights, you see guys in the ring with Jon Jones, and they know it. You can just see in their body language that, ‘At some point in time, he’s going to do something ridiculous that I can’t identify, and something’s going to hit me, and I’m just going to wake up later on.'”

Struve, who trains with world-class kickboxers in Holland, agrees that putting Jones on his back is the way to go. But as a jiu-jitsu specialist, he believes victory would come through submission.

“I think you need to have someone who’s not afraid to strike with him, and to end up on his back – a really good jiu-jitsu guy, maybe,” Struve said. “I think that may be the key to beat him. Someone with great leglocks. He’s got long legs, so maybe you need to get a hold of (them).

“It’s going to be really interesting to see the fight with Rashad (Evans) because I think Rashad is a lot quicker than him.”

That is, of course, the next step for Jones, and judging by the praise that currently surrounds him, optimism isn’t high for Evans’ chances. The former champ has said he’s got the champ’s number based on their previous training sessions. Jones said Evans is dreaming. An awkward staredown followed Jones’ victory over Jackson.

Everyone will have a theory come fight time. The question at this point, though, about Jones is not whether he’s the real deal, but how long he stays on top.

Meanwhile, his hype train continues to roll and expand beyond the borders of fight week.

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